Plania vows to defy odds
It will take a $550 bet to win $100 if WBO No. 1, IBF No. 2 and WBC No. 9 bantamweight Joshua Greer Jr. beats Filipino Mike (Magic) Plania in a 10-round bout at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas this morning (Manila time). That makes Greer a 5-1 favorite. But Plania isn’t fazed......»»
Melvin Jerusalem vows to end PHL’s world title drought in boxing
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Before Filipino boxers lost devastatingly in Japan, there was one who stood out and went on to become a world champion. He’s no other than Melvin “Gringo” Jerusalem, who wrested the World Boxing Organization (WBO) world minimumweight title in the hands of erstwhile champion Masataka Taniguchi. Jerusalem did it in a.....»»